S1E17 Allyship, FTP, And Give People Money with Aneka 9.3.17

anarchy (1)......... jesus CW: Suicide & police brutality Spoke with Aneka from the SoJust Collective about centering POC, the founding fathers, police brutality, educating allies, being tired, passing the mic, no plaforming/active platforming, confronting your racist family, the allyship industrial complex, rewarding white mediocrity, the Red Cross, Rechts Gegen Rechts, difficulties with fundraising, and seriously, ruin Christmas. You can donate to Aneka for their time by sending money to their venmo @pettymcbetty . If you counted more instances of bad allyship than I did, use your number, and if you counted fewer, use mine (14). Notes: - The controversy was in fact about Deady Hall at the University of Oregon, named after Judge Matthew Deady, co-author of the Oregon State Constitution and one of the most influential supporters of Oregon’s Exclusion Laws. A good guest viewpoint written on the subject here: http://uwire.com/2016/02/14/guest-viewpoint-deady-hall-must-change/ -For the uninitiated, "FTP" stands for Fuck The Police - There was concern expressed for me, but I'm not in that relationship anymore and that story is very old - Instead of donating to the Red Cross, you can go here to find how to get money directly to those who need it for Hurricane Harvey relief: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/how-donate-money-and-other-aid-communities-color-houston Referenced: CAHOOTS mobile crisis intervention: http://whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots/ Rechts Gegen Rechts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvjIYl_Nlao Update 11/7/20: When this episode aired it was used to deny me a platform with Channel Zero Network. The reason given was because we should be talking about being "accomplices, not allies" and I was given a copy of the zine of the same name to read. However, we do talk about the Ally Industrial Complex in the episode and I disagree with their response that this episode contributes to that mindset. However, you can read a copy of the zine here and decide for yourself: https://archive.org/details/AccomplicesNotAlliesAbolishingTheAllyIndustrialComplex Also, although I proclaimed that "people do listen to me", that is unfortunately largely more wishful than true. To some extent for sure, but it is very dependent on my ability to "mask" and act neurotypical, which is highly variable and an ongoing issue in my life. NT folks need to step up to help us.